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Re: What Things Did You Learn in 2015?


@hckynutjohn wrote:

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@hckynutjohn wrote:

The BIGGEST, which was also the SADDEST thing I learned in 2015?  I trusted one of my friends way too much and it sadly cost me dearly.

 

 

 

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That always stinks. This year I found out the truth about a friendship that ended years ago.  I needed to separate myself from another friend, and I hoped this person would stay in touch even if her loyalties were divided, but I found out pretty much everything she said to me over the years was a lie so she could use my contacts.  Despite the time, it still stung.


 

 

I am sorry to hear how this person pretty much "used you". Just don't get how someone can do this, and live with themselves, to a person that thought of them as a good friend. That behavior is foreign to how I was raised and have tried to live my life.

 

My situation was a current one, September of 2015. 

This " friend(?)" wouldn't even tell me to my face, he passed that on to one of his employees that I did not even know. Had he had the guts to tell me to my face, I might still have a little bit of respect for this long time friend(?)

 

This cost me a lot more than a friendship that I can never forgive or forget. I spent 52+ years of my life on this project and in a matter of days, this man destroyed it.

 

 

hckynut(john)


The knife in the back never does heal.  Even the most forgiving person should never forget, and it turns virtually everything that happened with that "friend" into an endless lie.  Gossiping makes it that much worse, and it played a part in what happened to me, too.  

 

I don't get how people can do this either.  In some cases I can say that there were some warning signs, but the worst will hit you like a ton of bricks.  

 

I'm sorry this happened to you and to this degree.  

 

 

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